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J.  A.  PERALTA  REAVIS  AND  DONA 
SOPHIA  LORETA  MICAELA  DE  MASO- 
ItEAVIS  Y  PERALTA  DE  LA  CORDOBA, 
HIS  WIFE,  AND  CLINTON  P.  FARRELL, 

TRUSTEE, 

v. 

THE  UNITED   STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


No.  16,719. 


PETITION    OF    CLAIMANTS 


PHIL.  B.  THOMPSON,  JR., 

A  tto  rn  ey  fo  r  Cla  im  a  n  ts . 

FREEMAN  &  MONEY,  Washington,  D.  C. 
LUTHER    HARRISON, 
ANDREW   SQUIRE,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
FRANK   H.   HURD,  Toledo, 
W.  BURKE   COCKRAN,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
JAMES    O.  BROADHEAD,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
LOYD  &  WOOD,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
H.  S.  BROWN, 

of  Counsel. 


WASHINGTON  : 
GIBSON  BROS.,  PRINTERS  AND  BOOKBINDERS. 


1890. 


IN  THE 


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AT  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


J.  A.  PERALTA  REAVIS  AND  DONA 
SOPHIA  LORETA  MICAELA  DE 
MASO-REAVIS  Y  PERALTA  DE  LA 
CORDOBA,  HIS  WIFE,  AND  CLINTON 
P.  FARRELL,  TKUSTEE, 


v. 


THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


•  16,719. 


PETITION. 


The  claimants,  James  Addison  Peralta  Reavis,  and  his 
wife,  Dona  Sophia  Loreta  Micaela  de  Maso-Reavis  y  Peralta 
de  la  Cordoba,  and  Clinton  P.  Farrell,  Trustee,  say  that  by 
article  six,  clause  two  (Art.  VI,  2)  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  it  is  provided :  "  This  Constitution  and 
the  laws  of  the  United  States  which  shall  be  made  in  pur- 
suance thereof ;  and  all  treaties  made,  or  which  shall  be 
made,  under  the  authority  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  the 
supreme  law  of  the  land."  *  *  * 

It  is  further  provided  in  the  fifth  amendment  to  the  said 
Constitution  :  "  No  person  shall  be  *  *  *  deprived  of 


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life,  liberty,  or  property,  without  due  process  of  law  ;  nor 
shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use  without  just 
compensation." 

They  further  state  that  in  pursuance  of  the  above  and 
other  provisions  of  the  Constitution,  giving  to  the  United 
States  Government  the  right  to  declare  war,  make  peace, 
and  treat  with  foreign  powers,  there  resulted  a  sovereign 
power  authorized  to  acquire  territory  from  foreign  nations, 
which  it  has  continuously  exercised.  In  the  course  of  the 
exercise  of  its  legitimate  powers,  war  was  declared  by  the 
United  States  of  America  against  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
and  afterwards  peace  was  made  with  said  Republic  by  a 
treaty  known  as  the  Treaty  of  Guadalupe  Hidalgo,  on 
the  2d  day  of  February,  1848,  by  which  treaty  certain  ter- 
ritory which  had  constituted,  before  the  independence  of 
Mexico,  a  part  of  the  possessions  and  realms  of  the  King  of 
Spain,  was  ceded  to  the  United  States  of  America.  The 
independence  of  Mexico,  which  Republic  had  theretofore 
been  a  part  of  the  dominion  of  Spain,  was  accomplished  on 
the  16th  day  of  September,  1824. 

In  Article  YIII  of  the  said  Treaty  of  Guadalupe  Hidalgo 
it  is  provided :  "  In  the  said  territories  property  of  every 
kind  now  belonging  to  Mexicans  not  established  there  shall 
be  inviolably  respected,  the  present  owners,  the  heirs  of 
these  and  all  Mexicnns,  who  may  hereafter  acquire  said 
property  by  contract,  shall  enjoy  with  respect  to  it  guaran- 
tees equally  ample  as  if  the  same  belonged  to  citizens  of 
the  United  States."  (U.  S.  Statutes  at  Large,  vol.  9,  p. 
929).  (Treaties,  108). 

In  pursuance  of  said  powers  granted  by  the  Constitution, 
another  treaty  was  made  between  the  United  States  of 
America  and  the  Republic  of  Mexico  on  the  30th  day  of 
December,  A.  D.  1853,  and  is  commonly  known  as  the 
Gadsden  Purchase,  by  which  treaties  the  lands  hereinafter 


described  passed  under  the  sovereignty  and  dominion  of  the 
United  States,  to  be  held  and  controlled  under  the  author- 
ity of  the  Constitution.  Article  V  of  said  Treaty  of  De- 
comber  30,  1853,  is  in  these  words:  "  All  the  provisions  of 
the  eighth  and  ninth  *  *  *  articles  of  the  Treaty  of 
Guadalnpe  Hidalgo  shall  apply  to  the  territory  ceded  by 
the  Mexican  Republic  in  the  first  articles  of  the  present 
treaty,  and  to  ;ill  the  rights  of  persons  and  property,  both 
civil  and  ecclesiastical,  within  the  same,  as  fully  and  as  effec- 
tually as  if  tlm  said  articles  were  herein  again  recited  and 
set.  forth."  (U.  S.  Statutes  at  Large,  vol.  10,  p.  1031  et  seg., 
Gasden  Treaty  and  Purchase.) 

All  the  territory  which  was  acquired  by  the  United  States 
by  virtue  of  said  treaties  and  purchase  from  the  Republic  of 
Mexico  had,  before  the  establishment  of  the  Independence 
of  said  Republic,  been  a  part  of  the  possessions  of  the  King- 
dom of  Spain  and  subject  to  the  power,  dominion,  and  dis- 
position of  the  King  thereof.  That  the  said  King  of  Spain 
was  an  absolute  monarch  at  the  time  of  said  declaration  of 
independence  and  the  Government  of  Spain  an  absolute 
monarchy,  whose  laws  are  the  will  and  pleasure  of  the  King, 
or  usage  and  custom  established  by  his  consent,  either  ex- 
pressed or  implied,  with  full  power  on  his  part  to  dispose  of 
any  part  of  his  territory  or  dominions  as  he  pleased,  upon 
such  terms  as  he  prescribed,  by  royal  grant  or  otherwise. 
And  by  virtue  of  his  said  power  and  authority,  Senor  Don 
Miguel  Silva  de  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba,  a  captain  of  dragoons 
in  the  Spanish  army,  having  performed  a  signal  service  as 
secret  commissioner  of  the  King,  and  fiscal  agent  of  the  city 
of  Cadiz,  in  determining  the  responsibility  of  the  Jesuit 
Fathers  in  the  deficit  that  occurred  in  the  King's  tithe 
throughout  the  Spanish  domains,  and  more  particularly  in 
the  district  of  Arizonac,  in  Pirneria  Alta  (now  Sonora  and 
Arizona),  made  his  final  report  in  1742  to  the  King  of  Spain, 


whereupon  he  was,  by  the  King,  created  Baron  de  Arizonac 
and  Grandee  of  Spain,  with  the  honorable  title  of  Caballero 
de  los  Colorados  ;  and  also  was  granted  by  the  King  three 
hundred  square  leagues  of  land  of  the  royal  domain  for  dis- 
tinguished services  rendered  to  the  crown,  which  grant  is 
set  forth  and  evidenced  in  the  following  muniments  of  title: 

FIRST.  A  royal  decree,  signed  at  Madrid,  on  the  20th  of 
December,  1748,  commanding  the  Viceroy  of  New  Spain 
to  make  a  grant  to  Senor  Don  Miguel  Silva  de  Feral ta  de 
la  Cordoba,  of  three  hundred  square  leagues  of  land,  or 
19,200,000,000  square  varas,  Castillion  or  Spanish  common 
measurement,  to  be  located  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
Viceroyalty  of  New  Spain,  now  Arizona. 

SECOND.  Which  royal  decree,  by  order  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  was  referred  through  said  Viceroy  of  New 
Spain,  for  consideration  to  the  Holy  Tribunal  of  the  Inqui- 
sition of  Mexico  for  the  evidences  of  conflicting  grants  that 
might  have  been  made. 

THIRD.  In  pursuance  of  said  reference  a  report  was  made 
by  the  said  Holy  Inquisitors  in  the  City  and  Archbishopric 
of  Mexico,  dated  October  10,  1757,  setting  out  that  there 
were  no  conflicting  grants,  and  that  they  make  no  opposi- 
tion to  the  location  and  selection  by  said  Peralta.  and  that 
the  Indians  were  friendly  to  the  said  Peralta,  and  the  loca- 
tion proposed  would  prove  beneficial. 

FOURTH.  An  order  of  location  was  made  by  order  of  the 
Viceroy  of  New  Spain  on  the  third  day  of  January,  1758, 
upon  receiving  said  report  giving  to  Senor  Don  Miguel 
Silva  de  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba  a  tract  of  land  extending  ten 
leagues  from  North  to  South,  and  thirty  leagues  from  East 
to  West,  common  measurement,  to  be  located  outside  of  the 
Mission  of  San  Javier  in  Pimeria  Alta  of  the  northern  part 
of  the  Viceroyalty  of  New  Spain,  to  the  east  of  the  Sierras 
Estrellas  and  to  include  the  Gila  river,  together  with  all  the 


waters,  currents,  minerals,  lands,  and  every  other  thing  ap- 
pertaining thereto,  and  conforming  to  royal  patent. 

FIFTH.  An  order  of  survey  was  made  January  13,  1758? 
directing  SefLor  Don  Miguel  Silva  de  Feralta  de  la  Cordoba 
to  accompany  the  Father  Francisco  Pauer  of  the  Mission  of 
San  Javier,  who  was  empowered  to  locate  and  give  juridical 
possession  in  conformity  with  the  royal  decree,  by  order  of 
the  Viceroy . 

SIXTH.  The  royal  patent  (a  parchment  containing  coat  of 
arms  arid  decree  of  cession,  witnessed  by  great  seal  of  State) 
was  delivered  into  the  hands  of  grantee  as  evidence  of  pos- 
session, and  a  survey  was  made  May  13,  1758,  showing  by 
metes  and  bounds  the  location  of  the  land  granted,  also 
establishing  a  monumental  stone  at  the  east  base  of  the 
Maricopa  Mountain,  the  most  easterly  of  the  Sierras  Es- 
trellas,  upon  which  a  map  of  the  concession  was  engraved, 
as  information  for  the  Pima  Indians  that  they  may  respect 
the  order  of  the  King,  signed  Francisco  Pauer,  M.  D.  P.  S. 
M.  (authorized  by  His  Majesty),  Don  Cristobal  Vega  and 
Don  Andres  Galvez,  declaring  juridical  possession  given 
with  due  solemnity  arid  in  due  form  to  said  grantee  Peralta. 

SEVENTH.  A  testimanio  was  issued  by  the  secretary  of 
the  Holy  Inquisition,  dated  23d  day  of  June,  1768,  em- 
bodying a  history  of  the  concession  to  Peralta  as  herein 
cited. 

EIGHTH.  A  petition  was  made  by  said  Peralta,  grantee  as 
aforesaid,  to  Carlos  III,  King  of  Spain,  dated  August  1, 
1768,  praying  confirmation  of  the  aforesaid  concessions 
made  to  him  by  Fernando  VI,  and  located  by  order  of  the 
Viceroy  as  aforesaid,  on  account  of  extensive  mineral  dis- 
coveries thereon,  which  petition  was  signed  Miguel  de  Pe- 
ralta, Caballero  de  los  Colorados. 

NINTH.  An  order  was  made  by  Carlos  III,  dated  Madrid, 
January  20,  1776,  granting  the  petition  of  said  grantee 


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Peralta,  and  confirming  the  aforesaid  concession  made  by 
order  of  Fernando  VI,  December  20,  1748. 

TENTH.  That  the  said  Don  Miguel  Silva  de  Peralta  de  la 
Cordoba,  Captain  of  Dragoons  in  the  Spanish  Army,  Ca- 
ballero  de  los  Colorados,  Baron  de  Arizonac,  and  Grandee 
of  Spain,  did  take  possession  of  the  "  Hacienda  de  Peralta," 
in  pursuance  of  said  grant  and  did  rehabilitate  the  ancient 
ruins  of  the  Casa  Grande,  which  are  located  within  the  con- 
cession made  to  him  by  the  King,  and  did  build  exterior 
buildings  and  a  large  exterior  wall  after  the  manner  of  ha- 
ciendas, and  did  hold  continuous  possession  until  the  ravages 
of  the  Apaches  forced  abandonment ;  and  that  he  did  pre- 
serve a  garrison  witjiin  such  enclosure,  and  conducted  re- 
ligious services  within  the  walls  of  the  ancient  Casa  Grande. 

ELEVENTH.  A  will  was  duly  made  and  executed  on  the 
third  day  of  January,  1783,  by  said  grantee,  Don  Miguel 
de  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba,  bequeathing  to  his  wife,  Dona 
Sophia  Ave  Maria  Sanchez,  and  his  son,  Miguel  Peralta  de 
la  Cordoba  y  Sanchez  (two  years  of  age),  the  residue  that 
may  remain  of  all  his  property,  of  debts  due  to  him,  rights, 
shares,  and  property  that  may  thereafter  be  inherited  by 
him,  they  to  share  equally  the  property  that  may  be  left  by 
him ;  provided,  however,  that  should  his  said  wife  acquire 
the  ownership  of  the  estate  called  "  de  Peralta,"  which  con- 
sists of  three  hundred  square  leagues,  and  is  situated  in  the 
Territory  of  Pimas  Altas,  etc.,  the  legatee  named  shall  be 
obliged  to  respecUhe  franchises  and  privileges  which,  in  the 
name  of  the  King  of  8pnin,  have  been  conferred  upon  the 
Pima  Indians  who  occupy  several  villages  upon  the  afore- 
said estate,  and  by  a  codicil  added  to  said  will  and  dated  in 
the  city  of  Guadalajara,  the  thirteenth  of  January,  1788, 
he  bequeathed  to  his  said  son,  Miguel  de  Peralta  y  Sanchez, 
the  concession  granted  to  him  by  the  King  of  Spain,  situ- 
ated in  Pimeria  Alta,  and  which  is  the  estate  herein  claimed 
and  described. 


TWELFTH.  That  upon  the  death  of  the  original  grantee, 
which  occurred  at  Guadalajara  in  the  year  A.  D.  1788,  his 
said  infant  son,  Miguel  de  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba  y  Sanchez, 
went  into  the  possession  of  said  property  and  held  and 
owned  the  same  by  virtue  of  said  grant  and  bequest,  and 
afterwards  did  construct  a  house  within  the  bounds  of  the 
concession  made  by  the  King  of  Spain  to  his  father  as 
aforesaid,  which  house  was  known  as  Casa  Blanca,  and 
was  preserved  and  used  for  many  years,  and  that  the  ruins 
are  known  to  this  time  by  that  name.  That  after  the  inde- 
pendence of  Mexico,  grants  of  the  Kings  of  Spain  were 
recognized  and  respected  by  said  Republic,  and  in  the  year 
1840  the  said  Republic,  through  one  Floras,  a  military 
governor,  and  with  full  power  and  authority  from  said  Re- 
public and  as  representative  thereof,  made  and  entered  into 
a  tripartite  agreement  with  said  owner  and  the  Pima  Indi- 
ans, for  the  protection  of  said  property  and  of  migrating 
whites. 

THIRTEENTH.  A  testimomo,  by  order  of  President  Santa 
Anna,  April  5,  1852,  embodying  the  principal  orders  as 
herein  recited,  was  sent  to  Don  Miguel  de  Peralta  de  la 
Cordoba  y  Sanchez,  son  of  the  Caballero  de  los  Colorados,  a 
citizen  of  Hermesillo,  in  Sonora,  the  12th  of  September, 
185^,  by  his  request,  accompanied  by  an  official  letter  from 
the  President  extending  to  him  and  to  the  said  grant  the 
protection  of  the  Republic  of  Mexico. 

FOURTEENTH.  That  said  son  and  legatee,  Don  Miguel  de 
Peralta  de  la  Cordoba  y  Sanchez,  married,  and  of  his  mar- 
riage had  only  one  child,  a  daughter,  who  herself  having 
married  Don  J  ose  Carmin  Maso  y  Castillia,  of  the  city  of 
Cadiz,  Spain,  gave  birth  on  the  fourth  of  March,  1862,  in 
due  course  of  nature,  to  twins,  one  of  whom  died,  the  other, 
Dona  Sophia  Loreta  Micaela  Maso  y  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba, 
who  is  the  only  lineal  descendant  of  said  grantee,  her  mater- 


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nal  great  grandfather,  is  the  claimant  herein.  The  said 
mother  of  claimant  and  only  child  of  said  legatee  Peralta 
died  at  that  time,  leaving  the  female  claimant  her  only  child. 
That  said  Don  Miguel  de  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba  y  Sanchez 
was  called  to  Spain  in  the  year  1863,  and  remained  in  Spain 
until  his  death,  which  was  in  1865,  but  before  leaving  for 
Spain  on  the  2d  day  of  January,  1863,  lie  made  and  execu- 
ted his  last  will  and  testament,  in  which  he  bequeathed  all 
his  property,  including  the  aforesaid  land,  to  his  said  grand- 
daughter, the  claimant  herein,  saying  in  substance  that  by 
virtue  of  said  will  said  grandchild  is  given  the  ownership  of 
the  estate  called  "  de  Peralta,"  which  consists  by  common 
measurement  of  three  hundred  square  leagues  of  land,  lying 
north  of  the  San  Javier  Mission,  in  the  Territory  of  New 
Mexico,  which  was  donated  to  Don  Miguel  de  Peralta  de 
la  Cordoba,  Caballero  de  los  Colorados,  by  Ferdinand  VI, 
King  of  Spain,  on  the  20th  day  of  December,  1748  ;  that 
the  tripartite  agreement  entered  into  by  himself,  Captain 
Flores,  the  Mexican  military  governor,  and  the  Indians,  in 
the  year  1840,  be  respected  and  the  franchises  and  privi- 
leges acquired  thereby  be  guaranteed  to  the  Pima  Indians. 
To  which  will  he  added  a  codicil,  dated  at  Madrid,  April  9, 
1865,  confirming  the  bequest  to  his  granddaughter,  Dona  So- 
phia Loreta  Micaela  Maso  y  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba,  then  re- 
siding in  Mendocino  county,  California,  in  the  custody  of 
Dona  Carmalita  Maso  de  Castillia,  her  paternal  grand- 
mother, and  which  land  is  described  as  follows  : 

Beginning  at  the  west  end  of  the  "  monumental  "  stone 
or  rock  which  lies  at  the  most  eastern  point  of  the  eastern 
base  of  the  Maricopa  Mountain,  which  is  the  eastern  ex- 
tremity of  the  Sierras  Estrellas,  situated  upon  the  south 
bank  of  the  Gila  river,  opposite  the  mouth  of  the  Salt  river  ; 
which  "  monumental "  stone  is  situated  about  eight  and  one- 
half  miles  south  of  the  Gila  river,  south  about  one  hundred 


and  forty  chains,  and  east  twenty-five  chains  of  the  centre 
of  township  3  south,  range  2  east,  of  Gila  and  Salt  rivers 
base  and  meridian,  according  to  United  States  survey, 
and  lies  about  twenty  feet  in  length  from  east  to  west,  by  a 
width  of  about  fifteen  feet  by  eight  feet  in  height,  with  a 
map  about  12  by  36  inches  upon  the  south  face ;  thence 
north,  crossing  the  Gila  and  Salt  rivers  a  distance  of  twenty- 
four,  eight  hundred  and  eighty-five  thousandths  (24.885) 
miles  to  a  point ;  thence  east,  one  hundred  and  forty-nine, 
three-tenths  (149.3)  miles  to  a  point ;  and  from  the  west 
end  of  the  "  monumental "  stone,  the  place  of  beginning, 
thence  south  a  distance  of  twenty-four,  eight  hundred  and 
eighty-five  thousandths  (24.885)  miles  to  a  point ;  and 
thence  east  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-nine,  three- 
tenths  (149.3)  miles  to  a  point;  and  thence  northerly  forty- 
nine,  seventy-seven  hundreths  (49.77)  miles  to  the  point 
above  described  as  the  eastern  extension  of  the  northern 
point  of  the  western  boundary  line  of  said  "  concession  of 
Peralta  "  or  Peralta  grant. 

That  upon  the  eve  of  departure  for  Spain  in  said  year 
1863,  the  said  Peralta,  the  legatee  of  the  grantee,  left  an 
agent,  Sr.  Don  Antonio  Pablo  de  Peralta,  in  charge  of  said 
property,  who  remained  in  charge  of  the  same  until  the 
death  of  him,  the  said  agent,  which  occurred  about  March, 
1867,  at  La  Paz  in  the  said  Territory  of  Arizona. 

That  the  claimant,  Dona  Sophia  Loreta  Micaela  de  Maso- 
Keavis  y  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba,  was  engaged  to  be  married 
to  the  claimant,  James  Addison  Reavis,  and  before  marriage 
they  entered  into  a  contract  in  writing  by  which  she  settled 
upon  her  said  expected  husband  an  interest  in  said  estate 
equal  to  one-half  thereof,  and  imposed  upon  him  the  con- 
dition of  adding  "  Peralta  "  to  his  surname,  which  he  has 
done,  and  they  were  married  on  the  31st  day  of  December, 
1882,  and  are  now  man  and  wife.  This  said  contract  bears 
date  December  31,  1882. 


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That  by  order  of  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Jalisco, 
.Republic  of  Mexico,  the  Custodian  of  Archives  of  the  city 
of  Guadalajara,  on  the  16th  day  of  November,  1881,  by  re- 
quest of  said  James  Addison  Reavis,  issued  a  transcript  and 
photographic  copy  of  the  codicil  to  the  will  of  said  grantee, 
Senor  Don  Miguel  de  Feralta  de  la  Cordoba,  and  order  of 
location  of  said  grant,  being  of  the  probate  proceedings  of 
said  first  legatee.  And  that  by  order  of  the  Court  of  Sec- 
ond Instance,  in  said  city  of  Guadalajara,  the  Custodian  of 
the  Archives  of  the  Ancient  Audencia  of  Guadalajara,  upon 
petition  of  said  Reavis,  did  issue  a  testimonio  of  the  title 
papers  of  "  Hacienda  de  Peralta,"  dated  Guadalajara,  No- 
vember 28,  1883.  And  that  the  Director  of  Archives  and 
Protocols  of  the  city  of  Madrid,  Spain,  did  issue  upon  the 
petition  of  said  claimants,  James  Addison  Peralta  Reavis 
and  his  wife,  Dona  Sophia  Loreta  Micaela  de  Maso  y  Per- 
alta de  la  Cordoba,  a  testimonio  containing  wills,  codicils, 
and  probate  record  made  and  executed  according  to  the 
laws,  forms,rcustoms,  and  usages  of  the  Kingdom  of  Spain 
in  the  matter  of  the  will  of  Don  Miguel  de  Peralta  de  la 
Cordoba  y  Sanchez,  maternal  grandfather  of  the  said  female 
claimant,  included  in  which  and  made  a  part  thereof  accord- 
ing to  said  laws,  customs,  and  usages,  were  the  complete 
title  papers  and  evidence  of  possession  given  and  succession 
thereunto  of  "  Hacienda  de  Peralta,"  or  the  lands  claimed 
herein,  and  thereupon,  upon  full  proof  of  the  identity  of 
said  female  claimant,  and  upon  the  execution  of  her  receipt 
therefor,  all  of  said  title  papers  were  delivered  to  said  claim- 
ants who  now  hold  the  same,  which  are  as  follows  : 

FIRST.  Royal  Cedula. 

SECOND.   Testimonio,  containing — 

(a)  Will  and  codicil  of  grantee,  Senor  Don  Miguel  de 
Peralta  de  la  Cordoba,  first  Caballero  de  los  Col- 
orados. 


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(b)  Will  and  codicil  of  legatee,  Don  Miguel  Peralta  de 

la  Cordoba  y  Sanchez,  second  Caballero  de  los 
Colorados. 

(c)  Concession    and    evidence   of   possession   given   of 

"  Hacienda  de  Peralta  "  or  Peralta  grant.  Said 
testimonio  bears  date  Madrid,  Spain,  July  21, 
1886. 

The  claimant,  J.  A.  Peralta  Reavis,  is  therefore  the  owner 
of  an  undivided  one-half  of  said  property,  subject  to  convey- 
ances which  he  and  his  wife  have  since  made  to  others,  and 
which  are  described  below  by  reference  to  the  United  States 
surveys,  which  surveys  have,  against  their  consent  and  with- 
out their  permission,  been  Extended  over  their  said  lands, 
and  may  be  described  as  follows : 

Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

H.  A.  Tweed .S.W.  J  Sec.  6,T.  1  N.,R.  3  E.,     $125 

Ex.  35  A. 
L.  W.  Bleira S.W.  J   Sec.  27,  S.E.  J   Sec.        320 

28,  T.  1  K,  R.  4  E. 
T.  L.  &  I.  Co S.W.  i  &  S.  i-  N.W.  i  Sec.        680 

15;  Sec.  16  &  N.W.  J  Sec. 

22,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4:  E. 
John  Adams E.  $  S.W.  J   Sec.  25,  T.  2  N.,        160 

R.  2  E. 
Mrs.  A. A. Alexander.  Lots  7  and  8,  Blk.  77,  City  of          20 

Phoenix. 
Anna  D.  Alsap Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  &  6,  Blk.  95;        125 

Lots  7  &  8,  Blk.  75 ;  also 

part  S.W.  J  Sec.  5,  T.I  N., 

R.  3  E.,  City  of  Phoenix. 
Sallie  A.  Archer Lot  18,  Blk.  24,  City  of  Phoa-          10 

nix. 
Daniel  Bagley S.W.  J  S.E.  J  Sec.  21,  T.  1  N.,         80 

R.  5  E. 
L.  R.  Balz Part  of  S.W.  £  Sec.  5,  T.  1  N.,       296 

R.  3  E. 
F.  G.  Berry S.W.  J  Sec.  36,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3  E .       320 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

O.  F.  Black Lots  8,  10,  &  12,  Blk.  69;  Lot       850 

5,  Blk.  5,  of  City  of  Phoenix. 

J.  K.  Boner S.W.  i  Sec,  25,  T.  2  JN .,  E.  3  E .       320 

John  E.  Boyd (Lots  4  &  6,  Blk.  26,  City  of    1,305 

Phoenix),  Sec.  34,  T.  1  S.,  E. 

4E. 
Patrick  Broadway.  .  .N.  i  S.E.  J   Sec.  27,  T.  2  N.,       960 

K.  4  E. 
N.  W.  Broadway .  .  .  .  N.  4  Sec.  30,  T.  1  N.,  E.  3  E.;    2,560 

Sec.  33,  T.  2  K,  E.  5E.;  E. 

i-  Sec.  25,  T.  1  K,  E.  2  E. 
Thos.  W.  Brown.  .  .  .Sea  25,  T.  2  1ST.,  E.  5  E 1,280 

F.  L.  Brill N.W.  J  Sec.4,t.lK,R.3E.       320 

John  E.  Burger Lots  1,  2,3,4,5,  &.6,  Blk.  90;        200 

Lots  9  &  11,  Blk.  91,  City  of 

Phoenix. 
J.  S.  Byers Lots  11  &  12,  Blk.  34 ;  Lots  3,          75 

5,  &  11,  Blk.  33,  City    of 

Phoenix. 

Fannie  E.  Clark S.E.  J  Sec.  35,  T.  2  N.,  E.  3  E .       320 

Geo.  F.  Coats Lots  1  &  3,  Blk.  80 ;  Lot  5,  Blk.        1 60 

77,  |  of  W.i;  Lot  10  &3^ 

in  E.  i  of  Lot  12,  Blk.  21, 

City  of  Phoenix. 
Sarah  E.  Coats Lots   1   &   3,  Blk.  75,  City  of          25 

Phoenix. 
Edward  Cole Lot  12,  Blk.  80;  Lots  8  &  10          50 

&  frac.  Lot  12,  Blk.  84,  City 

of  Phoenix. 

G.  M.  Collins N.W.  J   Sec.  22,  T.  1  N.,  E.        320 

2  E. 
Samuel  Cook Lots  1,  3,  &  5,  Blk.  17;  Lot  8,       100 

Blk.  2;  Lots  7&  9,  Blk.  52, 

City  of  Phoenix. 

A.  W.  Casuer S.E.  j  Sec.  20,  T.  1  N .,  E.  4  E .       320 

J.  M.  Cottan Lots  1.  2,  5,  7,  &  9,  Blk.  85  ;       575 

Lots' 2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,8,  9,10, 

11 ,  &  12,  Blk.  44 ;  Lots  7  & 

20,  15  ft.;  Lot  8,  Blk.  20; 

Lot  3,  Blk.  9. 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

J.  M.  Cottan Lot  IT,  Blk  22  ;  Elk.  1  Neahr's 

Add.  to  City  of  Phoenix. 
Beverly  Cox Lots  1,  3,  &  5,' Blk.  10  ;  Lots  8       $50 

&  10,  Blk.   41,   City  of 

Phoenix. 
I.  H.  Cox S.iN.W.Jof  S.W.i,N.JS.W.    .1,995 

|ofS.W.JSec.9,T.lN.,B.3 

E.;  KE.  i  Sec.  29,  T.  1  K,  R. 

4  E.;  N.W.i  Sec.  4,  T.  i  K, 

E.  5  E.;Sec.  11,  T.  1  S.,4E. 
Mrs.  F.  S.  Cox Lot  7,  Blk.  10;  155  Sq.  Yds.  ad         18 

joining  City  of  Phoenix. 
J.  M.  Crnghton Lots   1   &  2,   Blk.  74,  City  of          25 

Phoenix. 

B.  A.Davis KE.  J  Sec.  21,  T.I  K,  R.4E.      320 

Mrs.  B.  H.  Denee .  .  .  Lots  6  &  7,  Blk.  8 ;  Lots  3,  4  &        70 

5,  Blk.  27  ;  Lots  6  &  8  ,Blk. 

14,    Neahr's    Add.,    City  of 

Phoenix. 

T.  S.  Despain KW.jSec.36,  T.  2  K,R.3  E.       320 

Edward  Dnpish Lots  1,  3,  5,  &  7,  Blk.  16,  City         40 

of  Phoenix. 

Charles  Duncan S.  W.  J  Sec.  27,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3  E .       320 

Guss  Ellis KE.jSec.  33,T.  2K,R.  3E.       320 

R.  E.  FarringtoD..  .  .Elks.  5,  6  &  20,  Neahr's  Add.        100 

City  of  Phoenix. 
S.  &  F.  Franklin ....  Sec.  26,  &  E.  J  Sec.  27,  W.  1    2,800 

of  W.J  Sec.  25,  KW.  J  Sec. 

36,  N.E.  I  of  Kiof  N.W. 

J  Sec.  35,  T.  2  N.,  R.  2  E. 
Samuel  Franklin Lots   2,  4,  6,  8,  10,  .&   12,  of       150 

Blk.  97,  City  of  Phoenix ;  and 

that  certain  strip  of  land  on 

Salt  River   Canal  adjoining 

City. 
Mrs.  A.  A.  Fulton.  .W.  £,  KE.  £  Sec.  2,  T.  1  K,       160 

R.  3E. 
William  Gilson S.E.  J  Sec.  9,KW.i  Sec.  10,        685 

T.  1K,R.  3  E.;  also  lot  12, 

Blk.  19,  City  of  Phoenix. 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

L  H.  Goodrich Lots  6,  15,  &  2  inches  ;  Lot  4,       $35 

Blk.  24,  &  Lot  2,   Blk.  78, 

City  of  Phoenix. 
P.  0.  Goodrich E.24ft,&  6  in.  in  Lot 4,  Blk.  78,        15 

City  of  Phoenix. 

Mrs.  M.  Goodwin .  .  .  S.E.  j  Sec.  29,  T.  2  1ST.,  K.  3  E.       320 
Columbus  H.  Gray.  .Sec.   J4,  E.  J,  Sec.   15,  N.  £    2,560 

Sec.  23,  T.  1  S.,  E.  4  E. 
Mary  A.  Gray N.E.  i  &  S.W.  J  &  N.  J  Sec.        800 

17,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E. 
W.  T.  Gray '.  .E.  £  &  E.  £  W.  £    Sec.  22,  S.    1,600 

i  Sec.  23,  T.  1  S.,  R.  4  E. 
J.  L.  Gregg S.  W.  J  Sec.  21,  E.  J  K  W.  £       500 

Sec.  28,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4.  E. 

Josiah  Gregg N.E.  i  Sec.  32,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4  E.       300 

J.  M.  Gregory Lots  8  &  10,  Blk.  13  ;  Lots  2,        110 

4,  6,  8,  10,  &  12,  Blk.  16  ; 

Lots  5  &  7,  Blk.  24;  Lot  10, 

Blk.  54,  of  City  of  Phoenix. 
H.  G.  Grenham  .    . .  E.  ±  Sec.  18,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E .  .       640 

F.  G.  Hardiveck ...    S.W.  J  Sec.  22,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4  E .       320 
J.  B.  Hawley Lots  5   &  7,  Blk.  62,  City  of         5u 

Phoenix. 

G.  W.  F.  Herritt  .  .  .Lots   1,  3,  &  5,  Blk.  74,  City          30 

of  Phoenix. 

N.  Herrick Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,       350 

11,  &  12,  Blk.  53,  and  Lots 

I,  2,  &  3,  Blk.  65,  City  of 
Phoenix. 

George  W.  Hilliard  .Sec.  35,  T.  1  S.,  R.  4  E 1,280 

George  W.  Hoadly.  .Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,9, 10,        350 

II,  &  12,  Blk.  40;  Lots  10 
&  12,  Blk.  68,  City  of  Phoe- 
nix. 

James  P.  Holcomb.  .N.W.  I  Sec.  32,  T.  2  N.;  N.       640 

W.  I  Sec.  6,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3 

E. 
Ellen  Holland Lots  1, 2,  3,  &  4,  Blk.  20  ;  Lots       150 

14,  16,  &  18,  Blk.  75,  City 

of  Phoenix. 


If) 

Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

E.  Irvine E.  £  Sec.  13,  T.  1  N.,  K.  2  E. ;     $960 

Lot  Blk.  4;  Lots  1,  2,  &  11, 

Blk.  6 ;  Lot  88  Blk.  17 ;  E. 

\  Lot  10,  Blk.  21  ;  Lots  1, 

2,  3,  4,  5,6,7,  &  8,  Blk.  22; 

Lots  1,  3,  5,  &  7,  Blk.  36 ; 

Lot  3,  Blk.  37 ;  Lot  2,  Blk. 

78 ;   W.  24  ft.  Lot  4,  Blk. 

84;  Lots  2,  4,  6,  8,  10,  & 

12,  Blk.  91,  City  of  Phoe- 
nix. 
K.  E.  Isaac N.E.  I  &  S.W.  J  Sec.  2,  T.  1        960 

N.;  S.E.  iSec.  35,  T.  2  K, 

R.  2E. 

J.  H.  Isaac E.  -J-  Sec.  34,  T.  2  K,  K.  2   E.       640 

William  Isaac N.W.  J  Sec.  2,  T.  1  N. ;  S.W.        800 

J  &   S.  |   N.W.  J  Sec.  35, 

T.  2  N.,  E.  2  E. 
Seneca  Jenks N.E.  J  Sec.   28,  N.E.   J  Sec.        640 

25,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4  E. 
M.  W.  Kales. Lots  7,  9,  11,  &  12,  Blk.  21 ;       400 

Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 

10,  11,  &  12,  Blk.  93,  City 

of  Phoenix. 
M.  W.  Kales  and  Sol. 

Lewis S.E.  i  Sec.  2,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E. ;        395 

'  Lots  16,  17,  &18,  Blk.  65; 

W.  i  Lots   8,  Blk.  21,  City 

of  Pho3nix. 
M.  C.  Kellogg,  et  al.  S.E.  J  Sec.  4,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.       640 

S.W.  J  Sec.  34,  T.  2  N.,  K. 

2  E. 
George  E.  Keraper.  .Lots  1  &  3,  Blk.  38;  Lots  2,         70 

4,  6,  8,  &  10,  Blk.  42,  City 

of  Phoenix. 

David  C.  Kling  ....  Sec.  25,  T.  2  N.,  R.  4  E 1,280 

H.  A.  Lewis N.E.J  Sec.  26,  T.  1  N.,R.4  E.       320 

William  Liggett Sec.  19,  T.  1  N.,  R.  6  E 1,280 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

John  R.  Loosely. .  .  .Lots  2,  4,  &   6  Elk.  13,  W.  £     $100 

Blk.32,Neahr'sAdd.toCity 

of  Phoenix. 
G.  H.  N.  Lahrs Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10,      400 

11,  &  12,  Blk.  52 ;  Lot  1,  Elk. 

60 ;  Lots  8, 9, 10,  and  1 2,  Blk. 

65;  Lots  9   &  11,  Blk.  80, 

City  of  Phoenix. 

0.  L.  Mahoney N.  £  Lot  12,  Blk.  24,  City  of 

Phoenix. 

Virginia  Mahoney..  .  W.  1  Sec.  27,  T.  2  N.,  R.  2  E.       640 
Nelson  A.  Marston .  .  Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  &  8,  Blk.          20 

3,  Dennis'  Add.  to  City  of 

Phoenix. 

1.  McCollins N.E.  i  N.W.  J  Sec.  14,T.  1  N.,         80 

R.  3  E. 
W.  F.  Melluty Lot  12,  Blk.  10,  City  of  Phoe-          10 

nix. 
John  F.  Moador N.W.  J  Sec.  5,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3       340 

E.;  Lots  9  &  11,  Blk.  ll,City 

of  Phoenix. 
John  Miller JST.W.  J  Sec.  30,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3       320 

E. 
P.  Minor Lots  6,  10,  &  12,  Blk.  9  ;  Lot         50 

10,  Blk.  11  ;  E.  34  ft.  &  10 

in.  Lot  4,  Blk.  21,  City  of 

Phoenix. 

Joseph  P.  Moffett.  .  .S.E.  J  Sec.  10,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.       320 
F.  M.  Moguett N.W.  J  S.E.  J,  N.W.  J  S.W.  J       124 

S.E.iSec.5,T.lN.,R.2E. 
Joseph  Maihan N.E.  J  Sec.  11,  T.  1   N.,  R.  2       320 

E. 
John  B.Montgomery .  S.W.  J  Sec.  8,  N.W.  J  Sec.  17,       640 

T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E. 

J.  A.Moore Sec.  26,  T.  1  S.,  R.  4  E 3,280 

W.  B.  Moore W.  £  S.W.  J  Sec.  25,  T.  2  N.,       160 

R.  3  E. 
Matthew  R.  Norrell. ,  S.W.  J  Sec.  14 ;  N.  £  N.  1  Sec.       640 

23,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E. 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

Thomas  Morrow.  .  .    S.W.  J  Sec.  26,  T.  1  N.,  R.  4      $300 

E. 

Jaines  Murphy N.W.  J  Sec.  9,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.        320 

John  P.  Osboru N.W.  J  Sec.  28,  T.  2  N.,R.  3  E.        320 

W.  L.  Osborn S.E.  J  Sec.  30,  T.  2  N  ,  R.  3  E.     

Fred.  Pollock S.  23  ft.  Lot  13,  Blk.  24,  City          25 

of  Phoenix. 
George  B.  Roberts  .  .Lots  11,  12,  &  13,  Blk.  20,  City        30 

of   Phoenix. 
William  H.  Roberts. N.E.  J  Sec.  25,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3  E.      320 

Alice  Robinson Lots  1,  3,  5,  7,  9,  &  11,  Blk.  97,        60 

Flora  B.  Basan The  whole  of   Blk.  14,  City  of      150 

Phoenix. 

L.  H.  Roy ce  and       (  T      ft  -D,,    7, 
E.J.  Monk |Lot6,Blk.74 

J.  D.  Rumberg N.E.  J  Sec.  6,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.      320 

S.  Y.  Schlessenger. .  .Sec.  35,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3  E 1,280 

W.  Sears E.  J-  N.E.  J  Sec.  2,  T.  1  N.,  R.      160 

3  E. 
Marion  Sears N.  1  N.E.  J  Sec.  29,  T.  2   N.,      160 

R.  3  E. 

Emeline  Sharp Lots  7,  8,  &  11,  Blk.   82 75 

Robert  Shultz N.E.  J  Sec.  36,  T.  2  N.,  R.  2  E.      320 

L.  R.  Shaw S.W.  i  Sec.  11,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.      320 

William  T.  Smith... W.    1  Lot,   Blk.    78;  Lot  15,        90 

Blk.  22  ;  Lot  7,  Blk.  33 ;  W.  2 

ft.  Lot  5,  Blk.  33,   City    of 

Phoenix. 

E.  E.  Stafford Sec.  5,  T.  1  N.,  R.  5  E.;  Sec.  30,-    2,247 

T.  2  N.,  R.  5  E. 

G.  J.  Smith S.  J-  N.E.  i  Sec.  29,  T.  2  N.,  R.      160 

3E. 
J.  T.  Simms E.  J  Sec.  5,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.;      960 

S.  i,  Sec.  32,  T.  2N.,R.  3  E. 
James  Stinson Lots  1,  3,  5,  &  7,  Blk.  13,  N.  J,      680 

Sec.  2,  T.  1  S.,  R.  4  E. 

F.  W.  Streeper W.  \  S.W.  J  Sec.  36,  T.  2  N.,        80 

R.  2E. 
Rebecca  Strand Lot  1,  Blk.  24,  City  of  Phoenix.        25 


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Purchaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

Ira  Strand Lots  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  &  12,  Blk.      S-5 

94,  City  of  Phcenix. 

Joseph  Tasker S.W.  J   Sec.  30,  T.  2  K,   R.   3      345 

E.;    Lots    2    &    7,    Blk.     2,      345 
Neahr's  Add.   City  of   Phoe- 
nix. 

Mrs.  Emma  Veil.  .  .  .N.W.  J  S.E.  J  Sec.fl2,  T.  1  N.,      640 
R.  3  E. 

S.  F.  Webb" N.E.  J  Sec.  30,  T.  2  N.,  R.  3  E.      320 

B.  R.  Wharton Lots  8  &  10,  Blk.  10,  City  of        20 

Phoenix. 

White,  Mrs.  Lizzie.  .Sec.  17,  T.  1  N.,  R.  6  E 1,280 

White,  William  J.  .  .Sec.  18,  T.  1  N.,  R.  6  E 1,280 

W.  E.  Williams Lots  7  &  9,  Blk.  14;  Lot  2,  Blk.      250 

10;  Lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,6,  7,  8, 
9,  &  10,  Blk.  29;  Lot  7,  Blk. 
32;  Lots  1,3,5,7,  &  11,  Blk. 
41,  City  of  Phoenix. 

W.  J.  Wilson N.E.  i  &  1ST.  J-  S.E.  J  Sec.  14,       480 

T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E. 

Sam.  Win Lot  2,  Blk.  8,  City  of  Phoenix.         50 

J.  S.  Wing S.  i  S.E.  J  Sec.  3,  T.  1  N.,       160 

R.  5  E. 

J.  Wood S.E.  i  Sec.  3,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.       320 

Mary  H.  Woolsey. .  .S.E.JJ  Sec.  3,  T.  1  N.,  R.  3  E.       320 

W.  H.  Dempsey S.  £  Sec.  5,  S.E.  ±  &  S.  £  N.E.    1,000 

i  Sec.  6,  T.  5  S.,  R.  8  E. 

A.  Mason 1,400    acres,    by    metes    and    2,700 

'  bounds,  of  Tps.  4  &  5  S.,  R. 
9  E. 
S.  A.  Bartlesone.  ..  .122  acres,  by  metes  and  bounds,        250 

of  Sec.  35,  T.  4  S.,"R.  9  E. 

W.  L.  Bailey  &  wife. 31  acres,  by  metes  and  bounds,        210 
of  Sec.  34,  T.  4  S.,  R.  9  E. 
&  3J-  Blks.  in  City  of  Flor- 
ence ;  Sec.  35  &  36,  T.  4  S., 
R.  9JE. 

Lucy  Long 160  acres,  by  metes  and  bounds,        250 

Sec.  34,  T.  4  S.,  R.  9  E. 


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PurcJiaser.  Description.  Consideration. 

School  Dist.  No.  1  .  .Elks.  41  &  100,  City  of  Flor-       $10 

ence,  Sec.  34,  T.  4  S.,  R.  9  E. 
Town  of  Florence.  .  .  Public  square  of  Florence,  Sec.          10 

34,  T.  4  S.,  R.  9  E. 
Final  County Blk.  67,  City  of  Florence,  Sec.          10 

34,  T.  4  S.,  R.  9  E. 

D.  O.  Stevens Seven  lots,  metes  and  bounds .  .         20 

T.  H.  Stage  Co One  Blk.      do.  do.     .  .         25 

Henry  C.  Rogers  .  (  Trustees  for  15,820  acres  of  ? 
George  W.  Sirrine  i  T.  1  N.  $ 

John  M.  Lewis  .  .  .  (  Mesa  City  Colony,  R.  5  E.,G.  7 
Elijah  Fomeroy  ..  (  &  S.  R.  Base  and  Meridian.  ) 
John  T.  Dennis S.W.  ±  Sec.  9,  T.  1  JS.,  R.  3  320 

E. ;  G.  &  S.  R.  B.  &  M. 
Elias  M.  Block N.E.  J  N.W.  J,  S.  £  N.W.  J,       820 

N.W.  i  S.W.  i  Sec.  17,  T.  1 

N.,  R.  3  E. 
S.  F.  R.  R.  Co Townsite   of  Maricopa,  being  50,000 

S.W.  i  Sec.  12  &  N.W.  \ 

Sec.  13,  T.  4  S.,  R.  2  E., 

also  right  of  way. 
S.  K.  Mining  Co.  .  .  -Mines  and  mill  site,  by  metes  25,00u 

and  bounds,  located  in  N.W. 

i,  T.  2  S.,  R.  12  E. 
B.  Barney Mining    property    by  location     5,000 

and  metes  and  bounds  in  N. 

i,  T.  2  S. 
B.  H.  Summers 320  acres  Sees.  25  &  26,  T.  4        650 

S.,  R.  9  E. 
Hinson  Thomas  .  .  .  .One  lot  City  of  Florence,  Sec.          10 

36,  T.  4.  S.,  R.  9  E. 
W.  E.  Guild Four  Elks.,  City  of  Florence,       100 

Sec.  35,  T.  4'S. 
J.  M.  Ochoa One  and  one-half  Blks.  in  City        400 

of  Florence,  Sees.  35  &  36, 

T. 
Geo.  Scott  &  wife .  .  .  Sees.  25  &  36,  T.  5  S.,  R.  15  E.    1,280 


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All  of  Gila  arid  Salt  River  base  and  meridian  according 
to  United  States  survey. 

And  on  the  24th  day  of  November,  1887,  they  conveyed 
to  Clinton  P.  Farrell,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  who  joins 
in  this  action  as  a  claimant,  the  title  to  all  of  said  land  ex- 
cept township  5  south,  range  8  east,  of  Gila  and  Salt  River 
base  and  meridian,  according  to  United  States  survey,  the 
same  being  the  location  of  the  ancient  Casa  Grande,  to  be 
held  in  trust  for  the  benefit  of  claimants,  and  a  usufruct 
interest  in  the  Casa  Grande  Improvement  Company  of 
Arizona.  They  say  that  by  the  said  treaties  made  between 
the  United  States  of  America  and  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
the  United  States  of  America  bound  itself,  contracted  and 
agreed,  that  property  of  every  kind  in  said  territory  be- 
longing to  Mexicans  not  established  there,  should  be  invio- 
lably respected,  and  that  the  present  owners,  their  heirs, 
and  all  Mexicans,  who  might  thereafter  acquire  said  prop- 
erty by  contract  shall  enjoy  with  respect  to  it  guarantees 
equally  ample  as  if  the  same  was  the  property  of  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  by  which  said  treaties  the  United  States 
has  contracted  and  agreed  with  claimants,  and  under  the 
Constitution  and  laws  is  bound  to  give  and  afford  to  claim- 
ants full  protection  and  title  to  their  said  property,  and  not 
take  the  same  for  a  public  purpose  without  just  compensa- 
tion. 

The  claimants  further  say  that  by  an  act  of  Congress 
passed  and  approved  March  3,  1887,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  bringing  of  suits  against  the  Government  of 
the  United  States,"  it  is  provided  in  section  one  of  said  act 
"That  the  Court  of  Claims  shall  have  jurisdiction  to  hear 
and  determine  the  following  matters :  FIRST.  All  claims 
founded  upon  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  or  any 
law  of  Congress,  except  for  pensions,  or  upon  any  regula- 
tion of  any  Executive  Department,  or  upon  any  contract, 


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expressed  or  implied,  with  the  Government  of  the  United 
States,  or  for  damages  liquidated  or  unliquidated,  in  cases 
not  sounding  in  tort,  in  respect  of  which  claims  the  party 
would  be  entitled  to  redress  against  the  United  States  either 
in  a  court  of  law,  equity,  or  admiralty,  if  the  United  States 
were  suable  :  Provided,  however,  That  nothing  in  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  construed  as  giving  to  either  of  the  courts  herein 
mentioned  jurisdiction  to  hear  and  determine  claims  grow- 
ing out  of  the  late  Civil  War,  and  commonly  known  as  war 
claims,  or  to  hear  and  determine  other  claim?  which  have 
been  heretofore  rejected  or  reported  on  adversely  by  any 
court,  department,  or  commission  authorized  to  hear  and 
determine  the  same."  And  by  section  16  of  said  act  it  is 
provided  "  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  with 
this  act  are  hereby  repealed." 

Claimants  further  say  that  no  action  has  ever  been  had 
by  Congress  upon  said  claim  ;  that  it  had  not  been,  before 
March  3,  1887,  rejected  or  reported  on  adversely  by  any 
"  court,  department,  or  commission  authorized  to  hear  and 
determine  the  same."  That  a  report  was  made  upon  said 
claim  within  the  last  sixty  days  of  some  nature  by  the  Sur- 
veyor-General of  Arizona,  but  they  are  unable  to  give  its 
character,  as  their  application  for  a  copy  has  up  to  this  time 
been  refused  or  not  complied  with  by  the  Department ;  but 
said  Surveyor-General  had  no  authority  to  hear  or  determine 
their  claim,  nor  has  any  one  ever  had  this  authority  except 
the  Congress  itself  until  the  passage  of  the  act  of  March  3, 
1887,  conferring  it  upon  this  Court.  They  sa^y  they  are  the 
sole  owners  of  said  claim  ;  that  no  assignments  of  any  part 
thereof  or  interest  therein  have  ever  been  made  by  any  of 
the  original  or  prior  owners  thereof  or  by  them  since,  ex- 
cept as  hereinbefore  set  forth  for  the  objects,  purposes,  and 
upon  the  considerations  stated  in  this  petition,  and  no  other 
persons  except  as  herein  stated  have  or  hold  any  interest  in 
said  claim  whatever. 


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The  claimants,  therefore,  pray  the  Court  in  the  exercise 
of  its  powers,  both  legal  and  equitable,  to  ascertain  by 
proper  survey  the  exact  boundary  of  said  lands  as  connected 
with  the  United  States  surveys  of  public  lands,  and  reserve 
the  same  from  public  sale  by  the  Executive  Department, 
until  their  title  to  the  same  is  ascertained  and  finally  de- 
termined ;  they  pray  the  judgment  of  this  Court,  confirm- 
ing their  title  to  said  land,  and  decreeing  that  their  right, 
title,  and  possession  of  said  land  is  good  and  valid,  and  that 
the  executive  officers  of  the  Government  be  compelled  to 
respect  it  and  complete  it  by  issuing  a  patent  for  it  to  the 
said  female  claimant,  arid  for  all  such  relief  in  the  premises, 
both  legal  and  equitable,  as  is  just  and  proper. 

J.  A.  PERALTA  REAVIS. 

DONA  SOFIA  LORETA  MICAELA  DE  MASO-REAVIS 
Y  PERALTA  DE  LA  CORDOBA. 

CLINTON  P.  FARRELL,  Trustee. 
per  J.  A.  PERALTA  REAVIS. 

PHIL.  B.  THOMPSON,  JR., 

A  ttorn  ey  for  Claiim.ui  ts. 
JAMES  O.  BROADHEAD, 
FREEMAN  &  MONKY, 

of  Counsel. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  by  the  claimants, 
this  25th  day  of  January,  1890. 

[SEAL.]  HARRY  M.  EARLE, 

*  Notary  Public. 


IN  THE 


<£0uri  0£  (Claims  0f  tfjc  Uuiteb  States 


AT  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


J.    A.     PERALTA    EEAVIS    AND     DONA   I 
SOPHIA  LORETA  MICAELA  DE  MASO- 
REAVIS  Y  PERALTA  DE  LA  CORDOBA,    | 
HIS  WIFE,  AND  CLINTON  P.  FARRELL,   I     No.  16,719. 

TRUSTEE, 

v. 

THE  UNITED   STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


PARAGRAPH  No.  2. 

The  claimants,  repeating  each  and  every  allegation  of  the 
first  paragraph  of  their  petition  herein,  now  by  leave  of 
Court  come  and  amend  the  same,  and  further  say,  that  the 
defendant,  the  United  States  of  America,  by  its  said  Consti- 
tution and  said  treaties  made  under  its  authority,  contracted 
and  agreed,  that  said  Don  Miguel  Peralta  de  la  Cordoba  y 
Sanchez,  who  was  not  at  the  time  of  the  making  of  said 
treaties  established  within  the  territory  covered  by  them, 
but  was  a  citizen  of  the  city  of  Hermisillo,  in  the  Repub- 
lic of  Mexico,  and  the  persons  to  whom  the  land  in  contro- 
versy, known  as  "  Hacienda  de  Peralta "  or  "  Peralta 
Grant,"  belonged,  and  for  whose  benefit  in  part  said  coir 
tract  and  agreement  were  made,  and  who  has  accepted  the 


same  and  claimed  the  benefit  thereof,  should  have  his  prop- 
erty inviolably  respected,  and  that  he  And  his  said  heirs  arfd 
purchasers  from  them  should  enjoy  with  respect  to  said 
property  guarantees  equally  ample  as  if  the  same  belonged 
to  citizens  of  the  United  States.  They  say  they  have  ac 
cepted  said  contract,  agreement,  and  guarantee  made  as 
aforesaid  for  their  benefit,  and  now  come  and  ask  the  Court 
to  enforce  the  same. 

They  say  the  United  States  have  not  performed  the  terms 
and  conditions  of  said  agreement,  which  was  made  upon  a 
good  and  valuable  consideration,  but  have  failed  to  keep 
and  perform  the  same  in  the  following  particulars  : 

First.  They  have  not  had  said  property  inviolably  respected, 
but  have  suffered  and  permitted  the  officers  of  the  United 
States,  charged-  with  the  administration  of  the  laws  relating 
to  the  sale  and  disposal  of  its  own  public  lands,  to  extend 
the  surveys  of  said  public  lands  over  a  portion  of  said 
property,  in  the  aggregate  approximating  one  million  two 
hundred  and  eighty-seven  thousand  acres,  to  throw  the  same 
open  to  settlement  under  said  laws,  and  to  sell  and  dispose 
of  a  large  amount  of  said  land,  and  to  collect  the  cash  aris- 
ing from  said  sales  and  deposit  the  same  in  the  Treasury  of 
the  United  States,  and  apply  the  same  to  the  public  use. 

That  the  President  of  the  United  States,  by  an  executive 
order,  dated  August  the  5th,  1873,  and  a  further  order  dated 
July  21, 1874,  did  reserve  a  large  amount  of  these  said  lands, 
in  the  aggregate  approximating  one  million  five  hundred  and 
sixty-six  thousand  acres,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of 
the  United  States,  and  did  appropriate  the  same  to 
said  uses  and  purposes,  and  did  take  actual  possess- 
sion  thereof,  and  has  held,  used,  and  occupied  the  same 
for  said  public  purposes  and  uses  from  said  dates  until  nowr, 
all  of  which  acts,  while  not  expressly  authorized  by  any 
legislative  act,  have  been  acquiesced  in  and  adopted  by  the 


defendant.  That  by  an  act  of  Congress  approved  February  28, 
1859,  vol.  11,  page  401,  U.  S.  Statutes  at  Large,  and  by  exec- 
utive orders,  a  further  portion  of  said  lands,  aggregating  ap- 
proximately twenty-four  thousand  six  hundred  acres,  was 
reserved  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  defendant  and  was 
taken  possession  thereof,  and  the  said  defendant  and  those 
acting  under  its  authority  and  for  it  have  appropriated  an 
excessive  amount  of  water  from  the  Gila  river  for  irrigating 
purposes  for  its  use,  and  have  held,  used,  and  occupied  the 
same  and  said  lands  for  public  purposes  and  uses  from  said 
dates  until  now.  That  they  cannot  state,  with  the  partic- 
ularity required  by  the  rules  of  this  Courf^lliie  amount  of 
land  embraced  in  either  of  the  foregoing  counts,  nor  the 
amount  sold  and  disposed  of,  nor  the  parties  to  whom  the 
sales  were  made,  nor  the  amounts  of  money  received  from 
said  disposals  and  appropriated  by  the  defendant,  nor  the 
exact  amount  of  land  held,  occupied,  and  used  as  aforesaid 
without  a  report  from  the  General  Land  Office  in  the  De- 
partment of  the  Interior,  or  an  inspection  of  its  books  and 
records  ;  and  they  have  not  been  able  to  investigate  said 
books  or  get  said  information,  although  they  have  applied 
for  the  same  ;  and  they  now  invoke  the  power  of  this  Court 
to  procure  the  said  information,  asking  leave,  upon  the  report, 
to  amend  this  claim  so  as  to  conform  to  the  facts  ;  but,  pend- 
ing said  report,  they  allege  that  the  amount  realized  from  the 
said  sales  is  not  less  than  live  hundred  thousand  dollars.  They 
say  the  value  of  said  lands  so  sold  and  disposed  of  amounts  to 
two  millions  of  dollars,  not  estimating  the  improvements 
placed  upon  the  same.  That  the  present  value  of  the  land 
taken  possession  of  by  defendant,  as  stated  aforesaid,  by  the 
extension  of  the  public  survey  as  aforesaid,  but  not  yet  sold 
or  otherwise  disposed  of — in  the  aggregate  about  one  mil- 
lion acres — amounts  to,  in  value,  five  million  dollars.  That 
the  use  and  occupation  of  the  lands,  held  as  aforesaid  by  ex- 


ecutive  orders  dated  August  the  5th,  1873,  and  July  31, 1874, 
is  reasonably  worth  fifteen  cents  per  acre  per  annum,  or 
about  two  hundred  and  thirty-four  thousand  nine  hundred 
dollars  annually  from  the  date  of  such  occupancy ;  and, 
that  the  use  and  occupation  of  the  lands  appropriated  by  act 
of  Congress,  February  28,  1859,  as  aforesaid,  is  reasonably 
worth  twetny-five  cents  per  acre  per  annum,  or  six  thousand 
one  hundred  and  twenty-live  dollars  annually  from  the  dates 
of  said  act  and  executive  orders. 

Second.  The  claimants  say  that  the  defendant  has  not  al- 
lowed them  to  enjoy  guarantees  equally  ample  with  respect 
to  said  property  as  if  the  same  belonged  to  citizens  of  the 
United  States  at  the  time  of  said  purchase. 

That  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  secures  to  ev- 
ery citizen  thereof  the  full,  free  enjoyment  of  his  property, 
of  which  he  cannot  be  deprived  except  by  due  process  of 
law,  nor  can  such  property  be  taken  for  public  use  without  a 
just  compensation.  They  say  that,  in  violation  of  said  con- 
stitutional guarantees,  which  are  extended  to  them  by  said 
treaties,  and  which  are  ample  for  the  protection  of  the  prop- 
erty of  all  citizens  of  the  United  States,  the  officers  of  the 
United  States  charged  with  the  execution  of  its  laws  relat- 
ing to  the  sale  and  disposal  of  the  public  lands,  without  any 
judicial  process  or  judgment  of  any  Court,  have  treated 
their  said  property  as  part  of  the  public  lands  of  the  United 
States,  have  extended  over  a  large  part  thereof  the  public 
surveys,  have  opened  the  same  to  entry  by  the  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  and  have  sold  and  disposed  of  a  large 
amount  thereof,  as  above  stated  in  the  first  claim  of  this 
paragraph,  and  have  collected  the  purchase-money  for  such 
as  was  sold  for  cash,  and  are  in  process  of  collecting  for 
the  residue,  have  completed  the  title  thereto  by  issuing 
final  certificates  of  entry  and  patents  for  the  same,  have 
deposited  the  cash  received  for  the  same  in  the  public 


Treasury — which  acts  of  said  officers  have  been  adopted, 
acquiesced  in,  and  consented  to  by  the  defendant,  by  the 
appropriation  of  said  money  to  the  payment  of  public  debts 
and  public  use  of  the  Government  by  the  various  acts  of 
Congress.  Other  of  said  lands  have  been  disposed  of  under 
the  homestead  laws  by  said  officers,  without  price,  under 
color  of  said  law  and  color  of  their  authority.  That  others 
have  been  occupied  and  used  by  the  defendant  as  stated  in 
the  first  clause  of  this  paragraph.  The  amount  disposed 
of,  so  occupied  and  used,  cannot  be  accurately  stated  for  the 
reasons  given  above,  but  will  be  when  the  report  is  obtained. 
They  say  they  have  never  in  any  way  been  compensated 
for  said  land  or  any  part  thereof;  they  have  never  received 
the  said  proceeds  or  any  part  thereof ;  that  the  amount  of  said 
proceeds  is  not  less  than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 
that  the  lands  so  sold  and  disposed  of  are  of  the  value  of 
two  millions  of  dollars,  not  estimating  the  improvements 
placed  upon  the  same.  They  have  never  been  paid  or  in 
any  way  compensated  for  the  use  and  occupation  of  their 
said  lands  or  any  part  thereof,  and  that  the  lands  occupied 
as  aforesaid  by  executive  orders  as  aforesaid,  and  by  act  of 
Congress  as  aforesaid,  and  for  which  the  plaintiffs  have  re- 
ceived no  compensation  whatever  by  defendant,  and  for 
which  use  and  occupation  the  plaintiffs  are  justly  entitled  to 
be  paid  as  aforesaid,  aggregate -at  this  date  about  four  mil- 
lion dollars,  no  part  of  which  has  ever  been  paid  to  plain- 
tiffs by  defendant,  nor  to  any  one  else. 

The  say,  in  consideration  of  the  failure  of  the  United 
States  to  keep  and  perform  the  conditions,  stipulations,  and 
agreements  in  its  said  contracts,  they  have  been  damaged, 
and  received  and  sustained  damages,  to  the  amount  of  six 
million  dollars,  for  which  they  pray  judgment  and  for  all 
proper  relief. 


PARAGRAPH  No.  3. 

The  claimants  say  that  they  are  the  owners  of  the  follow- 
ing described  property  situated  in  the  Territory  of  Arizona 
and  bounded  as  follows :  Beginning  at  the  west  end  of  the 
"  monumental  "  stone  or  rock,  which  lies  at  the  most  east- 
ern point  of  the  eastern  base  of  the  Maricopa  Mountain, 
which  is  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  Sierras  Estrellas,  situ- 
ated upon  the  bank  of  the  Gila  river  opposite  the  mouth  of 
the  Salt  river,  which  "monumental"  stone  is  situated  about 
eight  and  one-half  miles  south  of  the  Gila  river,  south  about 
one  hundred  and  forty  chains,  and  east  twenty-five  chains  of 
the  centre  of  township  3  south,  range  2  east,  of  Gila  and 
Salt  rivers'  base  and  meridian  according  to  United  States 
survey,  and  lies  about  twenty  feet  in  length  from  east  to 
west,  by  a  width  of  about  fifteen  feet,  by  eight  feet  in  height, 
with  a  map  about  12  by  36  inches  upon  the  south  face  ; 
thence  north,  crossing  the  Gila  and  Salt  rivers  a  distance 
of  twenty-four  eight  hundred  and  eighty-five  thousandths 
miles  to  a  point ;  thence  east  one  hundred  and  forty-nine 
three-tenths  miles  to  a  point;  and  from  the  west  end  of  the 
"monumental"  stone,  the  place  of  beginning,  thence  south 
a  distance  of  twenty-four  eight  hundred  and  eighty-five 
thousandths  miles  to  a  point ;  and  thence  east  a  distance  of 
one  hundred  and  forty-nine  three-tenths  miles  to  a  point ; 
and  thence  northerly  forty-nine  seventy-seven  hundred  the 
miles  to  the  point  above  described  as  the  eastern  extension 
of  the  northern  point  of  the  western  boundary  line,  consti- 
tuting a  parallelogram,  as  above  described^  embracing  parts 
of  the  counties  of  Maricopa,  Final,  Gila,  and  Graham  in 
said  Territory. 

That  the  United  States  has,  through  its  officers  charged 
with  the  execution  of  the  laws  relating  to  the  survey,  sale, 
and  disposal  of  its  own  public  lands,  taken  a  large  portion 


of  said  land,  of  the  value  of  two  million  dollars,  a  descrip- 
tion of  which  cannot  now  be  furnished,  nor  can  claimants 
state  their  case  with  the  particularity  required  by  the  rules 
of  this  Court  without  an  examination  of  the  records  and 
papers  relating  to  the  same  in  the  General  Land  Office  in 
the  Department  of  the  Interior,  and  have  been  unable  to 
obtain  a  sufficient  examination  of  such  records  and  papers, 
although  application  has  been  made  to  do  so  to  said  De- 
partment ;  the  records  referred  to  being  the  land-books, 
showing  the  lands  disposed  of  by  legal  subdivisions,  within 
the  boundaries  of  the  said  Peralta  Grant ;  also  the  patent 
records,  which  will  disclose  such  of  said  lands  so  disposed  of 
as  have  been  patented,  and  the  papers  referred  to  being 
those  relating  to  the  various  entries  which  have  been  made, 
from  time  to  time,  within  the  limits  of  said  grant ;  also  the 
plats  of  the  Pirna  and  Maricopa  Indian  Reservation  ;  and 
also  the  plats  of  the  White  Mountain  Indian  Reservation, 
and  the  plats  of  all  public  surveys  made  under  the  direction 
of  the  said  Land  Department  within  the  bounds  of  the  said 
Peralta  Grant  or  Hacienda  de  Peralta,  as  described  in  Par- 
agraph No.  2,  of  this  petition,  and  through  their  officers, 
agents,  employes,  and  others  have  occupied,  held,  controlled, 
and  used  a  large  amount  thereof  for  public  purposes  as 
stated  in  Paragraph  No.  2  aforesaid,  and  have  thus  converted 
the  said  property  without  any  process  of  law,  without  the 
judgment  of  any  court  or  any  judicial  proceeding  whatever, 
to  the  public  use,  and  without  any  compensation  to  the 
claimants,  who  are  now  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and 
were  and  are  the  owners  thereof,  and  entitled  to  compensa- 
tion for  the  same  under  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  laws  thereof,  without  reference  to  said  treaty 
stipulations,  or  in  any  way  dependent  upon  or  growing  out 
of  the  same. 

They  say  by  the   Constitution   and    an   act   of  Congress 


8 

(Vol.  X,  page  308,  U.  S.  Statutes  at  Large)  approved  July 
22,  1854,  and  by  act  of  July  15,  1870,  U.  S.  Statutes,  Vol. 
16,  p.  304,  supplemental  thereto,  the  defendant  is  barred, 
and  has  been  barred  from  legal  right  to  take  possession 
and  offer  for  sale  any  portion  of  said  lands,  except  for  a 
public  use,  and  upon  payment  of  just  compensation,  and 
that  in  violation  of  said  act  of  Congress  and  the  act  supple- 
mental thereto,  the  defendant,  as  stated  aforesaid,  by  the 
extension  of  the  public  survey  as  described  in  Paragraph 
2  of  this  petition,  has  taken  possession  and  offered  for  sale 
for  a  public  use  the  further  amount  of  said  land  as  afore- 
said, aggregating  approximately  one  million  acres  of  the 
present  value  of  five  million  dollars,  as  described  in  Para- 
graph 2  aforesaid.  They  say  they  are  justly  entitled  to  be 
compensated  for  their  said  lands,  and  for  the  use  and  occu- 
pation of  the  same  as  aforesaid  ;  that  no  action  has  ever 
been  had  by  Congress  upon  said  claim  ;  that  it  had  not  been 
before  March  3,  1887,  rejected  or  reported  on  adversely  by 
any  court,  department,  or  commission  authorized  to  hear 
and  determine  the  same,.  They  say  they  are  the  sole  own- 
ers of  said  claim  ;  that  no  assign-men ts  of  any  part  thereof 
or  interest  therein  have  ever  been  made  by  any  of  the 
original  or  prio;-  owners  thereof  or  by  them  since,  and  no 
persons  except  as  herein  stated  have  or  hold  any  interest 
in  said  claim  whatever.  The  claimants,  therefore,  pray  the 
Court  in  the  exercise  of  its  powers,  both  legal  and  eqnita 
ble,  to  ascertain  by  proper  survey  the  exact  boundary  of  said 
lands  as  connected  with  the  United  States  surveys  of  public 
lands,  to  ascertain  the  amount  of  their  said  land  taken  for 
public  use  as  aforesaid  and  the  value  thereof,  and  the  pro- 
ceeds arising  from  the  sale  of  same;  to  ascertain  the  amount 
used  and  occupied  as  aforesaid,  and  the  reasonable  amount 
due  them  for  such  use  and  occupation,  and  they  pray  judg- 
ment for  the  value  thereof  so  ascertained.  They  pray 
judgment  for  six  million  dollars,  damage  as  aforesaid,  and 


for  all  further  and  other  relief  which  the  Court  can  grant, 
both  legal  and  equitable,  and  they  further  pray  the  Court 
in  the  exercise  of  its  powers,  both  legal  and  equitable,  to 
ascertain  the  proper  amount  of  said  lands  appropriated  for 
such  public  use  and  not  yet  sold  by  defendant,  as  aforesaid  ; 
to  ascertain  the  exact  value  thereof,  and  they  pray 
judgment  for  the  value  thereof  so  ascertained.  They 
pray  judgment  for  the  further  sum  of  five  million 
dollars  damages,  together  with  the  six  million 
dollars  damages  as  aforesaid,  or  in  the  aggregate  eleven 
million  dollars  damages  as  recited  in  each  count  aforesaid, 
and  for  all  further  and  other  relief  which  the  Court  can 
grant,  both  legal  and  equitable. 

J.  A.  PER  ALT  A  RE  AVIS. 

Dona  SOFIA  LORETA  MICAELA  DE  MASO- 

REAVIS  y  PERALTA  DE  LA  CORDOBA. 

CLINTON  P.  FARRELL, 
per  J.  A.  PERALTA  RE  A  vis. 

PHIL.  B.  THOMPSON,  Jr., 

A  ttorncy  for  Claimants. 
FREEMAN  &  MONEY,  Washington,  D.  C  , 
LUTHER  HARRISON, 
ANDREW  SQUIRE,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
FRANK  H.  KURD,  Toledo, 
W.  BURKK  COCKRAN,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
JAMES  O.  BROADHEAD,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
LOYD  &  WOOD,  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
H.  S.  BROWN,  "  " 

of  Counsel. 

Subscribed   and   sworn    to   before   me,  by  the  claimants, 
this  14th  day  of  March,  1890. 

[SEAL.]  WM.  C.  HARPER, 

Notary  Public. 


